Producer, Director and Director of Photography
Scott is a Director of Photography specialising in natural history. Over the past 2 years he has filmed for projects in China, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Borneo and New Zealand, covering a range of genres including social documentary, natural history and drama. Most recently Scott worked as the Director of Photography for Dark Days in Monkey City, a 13-part series produced by NHNZ Limited for the Discovery Animal Planet channel.
Prior to working as a wildlife filmmaker Scott served as an officer in the British Army. After commissioning from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in August 1998 he served with the 1st Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) for 4 years, spending over 2 years on active service. After leaving the army he returned to New Zealand. In 2004 he completed the Post Graduate Diploma in Natural History Filmmaking at the University of Otago and went on to form ELWIN Productions.
He is also currently producing and directing his third independent film, The Unnatural History of the Kakapo, a feature-length documentary on the world's rarest and most unusual wild parrot, the New Zealand kakapo.